Welcome! Raise your hope for Earth


At  Earth Hope we seek to integrate earth care, spirituality and personal wholeness.

Earth Hope's mission

Within the sacred web of life and emboldened by the compassion of Jesus for the world, Earth Hope inspires, teaches and creates mutually enhancing human~Earth relationships.

Earth Hope programs

Earth Hope Retreats, Workshops and Community Events engage participants in exploration of ways to embrace, restore, protect and nurture the sacred web of life. We reflect on divine Wisdom and Love revealed in the beauty and vulnerability of creation. Participants return to their families and communities catalyzed for action and committed to lifestyle changes that benefit the planet and enrich their personal lives.

Earth Hope serves groups and individuals who may desire to:

  • Find links between the inclusive compassion of Jesus and care for creation
  • Discover how care for creation promotes justice and builds peace
  • Contemplate and celebrate the sacred story of the Universe
  • Expand knowledge and deepen feelings of connection with Earth
  • Explore spirituality and faith that enliven and sustain that connection
  • Create lifestyles that benefit families, local communities and Earth
  • Feel more hopeful about the future of the planet and all life

 

Founder/Executive
Sr.%20Marya%20Grathwohl%20OSF-cropped.jpgDirector ~ Marya Grathwohl, OSF 

Sister Marya Grathwohl, a Sister of St. Francis since 1968, has been guiding retreats, lecturing and teaching for over thirty years. She holds degrees in religious studies, spirituality, philosophy and cosmology. She has ministered in African American, Crow and Northern Cheyenne Indian communities.

 

helen_p.jpgDirector ~ Helen Prejean, CSJ

Earth Hope also offers programs with Sister Helen Prejean, world renowned lecturer, human rights advocate, and author of Dead Man Walking and Death of Innocents.

Marya and Helen have been co-presenting their seminar, One Life: People and Earth, throughout the United States, Australia and Japan since 2001. As seminar co-presenters, they integrate faith, human rights and care of Earth in a unique combination of skills and expertise. Using potent storytelling, cultural analysis and the arts, they take participants on a transformative journey of heart and soul.